that was a very kind of lee atwater move. it was the introduction of a certain kind of american politics that we associate with the south into israel. app that might have the longer lasting consequences am he could always walk back his denunciation of the two-state solution and say well that's to the what i really meant, what i meant was, and fill it in. i'm not sure president obama will believe it but tas's another question. but on the israeli arab front that is going to-- that's going to have some long-term impact. >> yes. i think that israelis were confronted with a very hard choice. on the one hand, the prospect of a narrow right wing coalition thoughtful israelis realized was likely to lead to greater isolation of israel internationally. and on the other hand a narrow left wing coalition would likely lead to an undermining of israel's deterence in the middle east. a weakening of israel's position on iran especially israel's willingness to confront president obama on this eminent deal with iran. and so israelis were confr

in the end, what really happened was netanyahu launched into -- lee atwater tactics. that is a clever point. what he did was classic populist campaign techniques. charlie: i want to go to ronen on that point. did the prime minister win the election, or did herzog lose this election because they did not make the case that they needed to make? ronen: yes. it is like playing soccer in front of an empty field. netanyahu was vulnerable. they did not offer an alternative agenda on most of the topics. they did not put the occupation, something that could threaten israel, i do not believe even if they would have run a better campaign it would change the results significantly. the only time in the recent three decades when the labour party won a clear victory was in 1992. the reason was a combination between the despair of the israeli public from the palestinian uprising and economic crisis. i think the only way, and i am not calling for that, but the only way that the results of the next election would change would be if the international boycott against israel would gain mom

>> it's exactly right, but you know what it does, it fits into what lee atwater created a couple of decadestrategy. remember what the southern strategy was. dixie-crats were very upset. these are southern democrats, that african-americans had gotten too much political power. they had gone too far with the civil rights bill the voting rights bill, and they were looking for a home. and sure enough the republican party came up with this southern strategy. which basically said we'll use code words, we'll be abstract. you can't bring your overt racism but here's what we'll do. we'll be abstract. there's a great -- >> not only abstract. they're being absent this weekend at a pivotal moment. and you know ryan also at a time that they've not scheduled the vote on loretta lynch who would be the first african-american woman to be attorney general, the second african-american attorney general in history. haven't even scheduled to vote. that's how we go into this weekend here. much work left to be done here ryan. >> right. and part of the problem is our political system where there's a regional system

freedom, flexibility, federalism, lee atwater would be proud of y'all today. what that means is you're going to block grant the entitlement programs and cut it by $125 billion over ten years. let's keep this thing real, y'all. you talk about uncertainty, uncertainty. let me tell you this. in my district, a quarter of the children are uncertain about with their next meal is going to come from. let's really be clear. this program, two-thirds of the recipients are not able to work. they're babies, they're elders, and they're disabled people. and this program has work requirements. 80% of the people work who are on this program. you talk about -- we talk about wanting to -- all the 92 programs, there's not one conversation about cutting any of the tax expenditures, $1 trillion a year. let's just keep it real. it's cruel to take food out of the mouths of babes. >> the gentle lady's time has expired expired. all in favor aye? those opposed? the nos have it. >> i would like a roll call. >> the clerk will call the roll. >> mr. akita? >> no. >> mr. garrett? >> no. >> m

freedom, flexibility federalism, lee atwater would be proud of you today. what it means is you're going to block grant this program and cut it by $125 billion over 10 years. let's keep this thing real y'all. you talk about uncertainty uncertainty, uncertainty. let pe tell you that in my district a quarter of the children are uncertain about where their next meal is going to come from. let's really be clear this program, 2/3 of the recipients are not able to work. they're babies, they're elders and they're disabled people. and the work -- this program has work requirements and 80% of the people work who are on this program. you talk about -- we talk about wanting to -- the 92 program there's not one conversation about cutting the tax expenditures $1 trillion a year. this is cruel to take food out of the mouths of babes. mr. price: the question is on agrees to the amendment offered by ms. moore. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair the noes have it. mrs. ms. moore: i request a roll call. mr. price: clerk will call the roll. t